No Bronze Stars for 800th MP brigade

Monday, May 10, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The prisoner abuse scandal has so tarnished the Army's 800th Military Police Brigade that soldiers slated to receive an Army Bronze Star medal have been dropped from the list, the brigade's commander, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, said Sunday.

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